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Poojashree top seed at home ITF event
Local girl Poojashree Venkatesh has been given the top billing at the USD 10,000 ITF Futures event for women, beginning here from next week.
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Bangalore: Local girl Poojashree Venkatesh has been given the top billing at the USD 10,000 ITF Futures event for women, beginning here from next week.
Former national champion Isha Lakhani has been seeded
third while veteran player Rushmi Chakravarthi is seeded
fifth.
Delhi`s shouwthpaw Sanaa Bhambri is seeded sixth while
Sweta Solanki, Shivika Burman and Treta Bhattacharyya are the
other Indians in the fray.
Japan`s Anastasia Malhotra is second-seeded.
"I have been playing in ITF for the past two years. This
is the first time I am playing in my home town. I am going to
play my best," Poojashree, ranked 456 in the world, said.
The singles winner would take home USD 1,568 and the
losing finalist USD 980 and the title sponsor are QuestNet
India, the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA)
said.
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